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loose cannon
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a loose cannon
a person who cannot be completely trusted because their behaviour is sometimes strange or violent. He's seen as a loose cannon by other team members. If anyone's going to get into a fight, it'll be Pete.
See also: cannon, loose
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Such practices that have been verified (for example, at Abu Ghraib) the administration attributes to loose cannons among the military's lower ranks.
The scandal that wasn't: why haven't we confronted torture? by Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien / Commonweal
Does it not scare anyone to think we just might have some glory-seeking, greedy, power-mad, loose cannons among us here in the United States?
PUBLIC FORUM PATTER OF LITTLE FEET by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Which sector will be flattened next by the loose cannons of investor disenchantment that are rolling around Wall Street?
Much Ado About Almost Meaningless Intel Shifts by Byron, Christopher / Los Angeles Business Journal
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